No you're not the only one that has asked this tooling question. Do a search on this board for "fixed tooling". You will find a few posts that are about this.
I run two home CNC machines and both use fixed tooling. I use R8 end mill holders in my CNC mill and I use my custom tool holders in my Porter Cable router on my CNC router. I have a tool length library that I use in my controller software (Mach 2) and I never have any trouble changing tools once I tell my controller where the stock is. |